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HB 520: Union Co. Bd. of Ed/Partisan Election (S.L. 2017-63) <br /> Makes Union County Board of Education elections partisan beginning in 2018. Does not impact the <br /> terms of those elected in 2014 or 2016. <br /> Senate Bills <br /> SB 253: Partisan Elections/Certain School Boards (S.L. 2017-78) <br /> Switches the following local school board to partisan beginning with 2017 elections: <br /> • Cleveland <br /> Switches the following local school boards to partisan beginning with 2018 elections: <br /> • Beaufort <br /> • Carteret <br /> • Dare <br /> • Hyde <br /> • Madison <br /> • Onslow <br /> • Pender <br /> • Yancey <br /> Also for Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Madison, Onslow, Pender, Yancey: <br /> • Moves the school board general election dates to November; sets the party primaries at <br /> the date of the statewide primaries; and provides that new members will take their seats <br /> in the First Monday in December after the election <br /> In the event of a vacancy after their first partisan elections, all of the above boards must consult <br /> with the party executive committee of the vacating individual. <br /> SB 421: Use of Career and Technical Funds/Onslow County (S.L. 2017-33) <br /> Amends the purpose of$5 million originally appropriated to Onslow County to retrofit and <br /> purchase equipment for a regional career and technical education center. Instead, the funds will <br /> be used for the construction of a new education center. These funds will not revert. <br /> SB 560: Clarify Cleveland Board of Education Election (S.L. 2017-200) <br /> Clarifies that unaffiliated candidates seeking to run for the Cleveland school board must follow <br /> the petition signature requirements prescribed in statute in order to be placed on the ballot. Eases <br /> the unaffiliated candidate petition requirements for the 2017 election only by establishing that <br /> 500 signatures of registered Cleveland voters qualified to vote in the school board race allows an <br /> unaffiliated candidate to be placed on the ballot(instead of 4%). <br /> 51 <br />